Topsy Turvy

It's craft show season again, folks. I have to say, I'm not as enthused about it as I used to be. Part of it is getting older and not wanting to spend an entire day on my feet, it's also that the writing has become the more substantial part of my income, and I would rather devote the time to that than standing outside and selling.

But I do still love to sew. And I have a ridiculous stash of fabrics that need to be either sewn or given away, and I'm not ready to give them away yet.

So I've cut back . I'm only doing shows within a short driving distance. Since I don't drive, that means my husband has to spend his day either at the craft show with me or driving back and forth, I feel like slacking off benefits both of us. 

I had to show this past Saturday, which got rained out and moved to Sunday. Sunday was clear and sunny, but cooler, and with the wind that almost made everyone wish for rain. Tents blew over, tablecloths flipped up, displays all over the show were going down. I had a mother and child at my table when the second layer of my display blew off, on top of the kid. Being an 8-year-old boy, he was more excited by being showered with stuffed animals and really didn't notice that he had a record crate on his head. He happily picked up everything for me and dusted them off, and I told his mom he got his pick of the animals for being helpful and a very good sport.

I got off lucky. A few people I knew had really bad days - one artist lost a lot of work when it blew down the street, another one lost her tent. Outdoor shows are not for the faint of heart, but indoor shows are infrequent until the holidays. I'm just not sure that craft shows and climate change play well together.